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wheres this word come from?
nadnad
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in N. Ireland
quere
quare
you know the one i mean (i don't even know how to spell it!) as in "thats quare and good"
anyone got any more wee strange words
quare
you know the one i mean (i don't even know how to spell it!) as in "thats quare and good"
anyone got any more wee strange words
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norn iron club member no.1
norn iron club member no.1
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I have never heard it #6 of the SKI-ers Club :j
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It's in a famous play "The Quare Fellow" by Brendan Behan but he used an old word. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quare_FellowThe truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett
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I find the Irish use it more than the English. So I don't know if it derives from a gaelic word. Or whether it is a mispronounced version of queer ~ meaning odd0
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I know where the word Quiz comes from though, a theatre manager from Dublin made it up for a bet.The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett
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Nothing wrong with Quare, it's a great word and one I use quite oftenNorn Iron Club Member No. 252 :beer:0
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I think it's Ulster-ScotsMFW 148 - Mortgage £121,000 1Jan11 / Mortgage £120,300 28Jan11 / £119,808 24Feb11 / £119,400 22 April11 / £119,089 29 May11 / £118,500 October110
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I grew up in Co. Down and just part of everyday vocabulary there.The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid. - Katharine Hepburn0
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thriftyminx13 wrote: »I think it's Ulster-Scots
It might be because I have heard older Scottish people use it as well, especialy from the West Coast.The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett
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seriously?! you don't say it to rhyme with square but more to rhyme with fur. - still never heard of it? am i more culchie than i think i am?
Still have no idea , but what does it mean?#6 of the SKI-ers Club :j
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke0
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